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Seeing Without Judging: Reflections on Art & Acceptance – 11/13/25
Seeing Without Judging: Reflections on Art & Acceptance – 11/13/25
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date:
Thursday, November 13, 2025
time:
Noon to 1:30 pm Pacific Time (PT)
instructor:
Sam Tidwell
description:
Decrease self-judgment and build resilience in this experiential workshop taking a social emotional arts approach to visual arts techniques. We’ll engage in guided exercises—from observational and blind-contour drawing to self portraits—that reveal how self-criticism arises, how it can be softened with awareness, and how the creative process itself can become a rehearsal for responding to ourselves with acceptance, insight, and kindness.
Open to all—no previous artistic experience is necessary.
additional information
Instructor Bio
Sam Tidwell is a Focus5, Inc. National Teaching Artist hailing from Greenfield, CA. His company, Avatar Arts, serves the community he taught as an elementary school classroom teacher. His primary directive as a teaching artist is to help students grow and learn in an engaging, healing, and rigorous way. He holds a BA in English Literature from Lewis and Clark College, a Social Emotional Arts Certificate from Arts & Healing Initiative, and has received 200+ hours of training in mindfulness and nonviolent communication. To learn more about Sam and his work, you can find him on Instagram @artsintegrationspecialist.
Materials - What to Bring
For this session, please bring the following:
- Several sheets of blank paper, notepad, or journal
- Pencils and/or pens for writing and drawing
- Handheld mirror (if a mirror is not available, another reflective surface will suffice)
- Optional Items: Colored paper, scissors, and/or collage materials of your choosing
Digital Media Release Policy
By registering, you give Arts & Healing Initiative approval to record this event, still and/or moving images from which may appear in printed materials or digital channels for archival, educational, or promotional purposes.
Note that Zoom breakout rooms are not recorded.